Curtain-fixture.



PATENTED MAY 29, 1906.

J. M. MILLS. CURTAIN FIXTURE. APPLIOATION FILED JULY 15.1905.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentecLMay 29, 1906.

Application fi led Jul 15,1905. Serial No. 269,876r

To 6% whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, J oHN M. MILLS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tiskilwa, in the county of Bureau and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Fixtures, of which the following is a specification-.-

This invention relates to an improved suport for shade rollers or curtains, and has for its object to roduce a device of this character which will be very eflective in operation and. which can be formed out of a simple piece of metal.

. A further object is to produce a bracket which can be easily and uickly placed in poe sition without the use of tools, which will be neat in appearance, and which will not mar the window-casing to any ap reciable extent. For afull description of t e invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowl: edge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of the device. 2 is a side view of a bracket formed with an eye. Fig. 3 is a similar view of a bracket formed with a hook. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the device.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in thefollowing description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters. 7

The numeral 1 designates the shank of the bracket, which is threaded at one end, as seen at 2, to enable it to be secured in position and is provided .at its 0 posite end with means for supporting the s ade-ioller. The shank 1 is bentoutward to form a shoulder 3 which is approximately at right angles to the threaded portion and serves as a stop to. revent the bracket from being screwed too far into the casing and also-throws the major portion of the bracket at an an le to the plane of the supporting end, and t erefore out of engagement with the shade-roller. The end of one of these brackets is bent around to form an eye 4; for the reception of the round bearin at one end of the shade-roller, while the en of the opposite bracket is bent so as to form portion of the shank away It will be readily seen that while these brackets as designed by me can be very cheaply manufactured from: wire or similar material they possess all the advantages of more complicated and more expensive devices, in that they form a perfect support for the shade-roller and can be quickly and easily placed in position without marring the window-casing to an appreciable extent.

a book 5 to receive the flat stud on the other I Having thus described the invention, whatis claimed as new is Fig.

As a new article of manufacture, a curtainfixture or supporting-bracket comprising a shank consisting of'a single length of wire or like material threaded at one end so'as to be screwed into a support, said shank being roj ected laterally at a ointv between its end; to form a horizontal 0% adapted to limit the penetration of the threaded portion aforesald, the outer portion of the shank extending outwardly from the outer end of the shoulder and at an angle to set-portion or shoulder the axis of the threaded portion above mega v tioned, the outer extremity of the angularlyarranged portion ofthe shank being bent to form a member for supporting a curtainroller said supporting member being arranged in a plane at 9.1:) roximately a right angle to the plane inclu ing the oflset and threaded portions of the shank.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presenceof two witnesses. I I

JOHN M. MILLS. [L. s.]

Witnesses:

J. A. Lone, T. A. BAKER. 

